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Halftime, Zips up 28-17 and playing great! Good ball movement. Could see less turnovers but McNees and Roberts look like veterans running the 1-2 spot.This lead does kind of worry me though. I don't want us to come out of the locker room timid but I don't think a Dambrot-coached team can do that. Gotta put them away in the second half!Love the play against Miller. Whoever has been on him has completely shut him down and kept him out of his game.GO ZIPS!!!

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Love the play against Miller. Whoever has been on him has completely shut him down and kept him out of his game.
Oh well, it was nice while it lasted :unsure:
haha yeah but I wouldn't care if he went for all 55 of the BUGS' points as long as the end result was the same as it was tonight!GO ZIPS!!! Another hard fought victory for us. Only the bulls**ts stand in our way now!
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Miller's career-high 27 kept them close in the 2nd half; otherwise we controlled the stats. Poor Humpty has to sit and watch.
Honestly though, Id rather him sit today and rest for tomorrow (or today, technically). We are probably going to need him tomorrow to get past the bulls...
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Miller's career-high 27 kept them close in the 2nd half; otherwise we controlled the stats. Poor Humpty has to sit and watch.
Thank god Miller is a senior and Humpty has three years to go. Nate will now be the sixth 1,000 scorer we've lost in the last three years. Don't think anybody is close enough to do it next year.
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Miller's career-high 27 kept them close in the 2nd half; otherwise we controlled the stats. Poor Humpty has to sit and watch.
I hate seeing Humpty on the bench but it's almost as if his absence has provoked McNees to step his game up and with the exception of his heroics on Tuesday he hadn't been playing all too hot as of late. I was just happy to see another solid performance from McNees tonight.
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Miller's career-high 27 kept them close in the 2nd half; otherwise we controlled the stats. Poor Humpty has to sit and watch.
I hate seeing Humpty on the bench but it's almost as if his absence has provoked McNees to step his game up and with the exception of his heroics on Tuesday he hadn't been playing all too hot as of late. I was just happy to see another solid performance from McNees tonight.
Same thing happed when Wood wend down last season; someone steps up to fill the need.
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Never a doubt. Never a doubt. Those of us in the stands could see it in the players' postures and feel it in our guts. Even when BG made the big run, there was nothing remotely approaching a sense of panic. It just took a brief timeout for the medical team to confer, make a slight adjustment and then go back to their surgical operation on BG, calmly, efficiently, effectively.Players just keep stepping up. C McKnight and Linhart combining for 25 rebounds was almost beyond belief. The Zips own the glass at the Q. The backcourt performance remains phenomenal. McKnees is rightfully getting a lot of the credit. But the player the coaching staff relied on most was a walk-on with no scholarship. Roberts played all but 3 minutes, 5 minutes more than any other Zips player. His performance at both the 1 and 2 positions was rock solid. And McClanahan filled in just enough to give Roberts and McNees a little rest.The players get most of the attention, and rightfully so. Their execution was outstanding. But how about that coaching staff. They devised the game plan that helped the players shred the dreaded 2-3 defense and force BG into man coverage. That worked briefly until the Zips coaching staff called a timeout and immediately adjusted. For everything BG did, the Zips had an answer. And they didn't dream it up on the fly. This coaching staff is championship caliber. They have prepared these players to win, and the preparation can be seen in every play at the Q.The Zips are so fortunate to have KD as head coach, and so are we fans.

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Controlling the boards against Miami is one thing, but who woud have guessed that we could outrebound BG BY SEVENTEEN heading into last night's game? Simply amazing. If we do anywhere near like that on the boards tonight, I really like our chances. In fact, if we hold our own against Buffalo's bangers in that regard, I still like our chances. I see we're a 2 point favorite. That's about where I'd have it.

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johnny...the rebounding is by far the major difference between this team now, and where it was a few months ago. And at that time, I remembered pointing out that rebounding problems are often a personnel issue more than anything else. Which makes it hard to change. So, Nik getting a lot of Bardo's old minutes has probably been the biggest factor. And having a healthy Chris McKnight for the remainder of the season after the rib injury has impacted that as well. But, it sure looks to me like there's also been a much greater effort by the players to concentrate on getting into better positions when shots are in the air. It's been an impressive transformation....but the real test comes tonight.

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